The Book of Life

pages of wisdom and keep fighting endlessly with others. Our choice is not between having differences and not having them, but between tolerating them or refusing to do so and destroying ourselves. If we want life, it can only be found through tolerance. The only other option is to fight and ruin ourselves. Beyond this, no third choice exists. WHAT PURPOSE DEMANDS O n March 26, 1987, The Times of India published a supplement (The Times Offspring). In it, the well-known English journalist Khushwant Singh gave an interview. One question and answer from that interview went like this: Q: You are a media man. How is it that you are so against television, as you once mentioned in your Malice column? A: Well, I am against watching it myself. I had one set in my Bombay residence. As a result, I could not concentrate on anything else. I would simply switch on the TV and watch whatever was being broadcast, no matter how meaningless. So I told the television company to take it back, since I prefer to read and write.